(b)
any newspaper as defined in the Press and Registration of
Books Ac
t, 1867 (25 of 1867), edited, printed or published otherwise
than in conformity with the rules laid down in this Act;
and shall deliver any postal article so detained to such officer as the
[State Government] may appoint in this behalf.
2.
Any officer de
taining any postal article under the provisions of
sub
-
section (1) shall forthwith send by post to the addressee of such
article, notice of the fact of such detention.
(3)
The [State Government] shall cause the contents of any postal
article detained unde
r sub
-
section (1) to be examined, and, if it appears
to the [State Government] that the article contained any newspaper,
book or other document, of the nature described in clause (a) or clause
(b) of sub
-
section (1), may pass such orders as to the disposal
of the
article and its contents as it may deem proper, and, if it does not so
appear, shall release the article and its contents, unless the same be
otherwise liable to seizure under any law for the time being in force:
Provided that any person interest
ed in any article detained
under the provisions of clause (a) or sub
-
section (1), may, within two
months from the date of such detention, apply to the [State
Government] for release of the same, and the [State Government] shall
consider such application an
d pass such orders thereon as it may
deem to be proper:
Provided also that, if such application is rejected, the applicant
may, within two months from the date of the order rejecting the
application, apply to the High Court for release of the article and
its
contents on the ground that the article did not contain any newspaper,
book or other document containing any seditious matter.
(4)
In this section “document” includes also any painting, drawing or
photograph, or other visible representation.
27C
Pro
cedure for disposal of High Court of applications for
release of newspapers and articles so detained.
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Every application
made under the second provisio to Sub
-
Section (3) of Section 27
-
B
shall be heard and determined in the manner provided by Sections 99
D to 99 F of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), by a
Special bench of the High Court constituted in the manner provided by
Section 99 C of that Code.
27D.
Jurisdiction barred.
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No order passed or action taken under
section 27
-
B shall be ca
lled in question in any court otherwise than in
accordance with the second proviso to sub
-
section (3) of that section